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FACTORIES AND MACHINERY (ELECTRIC PASSENGER AND GOODS LIFT)
REGULATIONS, 1970.
PART II - DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION AND TESTS

Regulation 7. Lift loading and capacity.

(1) Every lift shall be designed and constructed to carry the contract load.

(2) (a) The contract load of every passenger lift and every hospital bed lift shall not be less than
given in Table I corresponding to the clear lift car floor area, disregarding any seat and space
between car door frames.

(b) The number of persons which can be carried at any one time in any passenger lift shall not be
greater than that given in Table I corresponding to the clear lift car floor area.

TABLE I

Clear lift car area in square

Maximum No. of persons Contract load in pounds
feet (Permissible tolerance
0.5 square feet)
2.2 ... 1 ... 150
4.3 ... 2 ... 300
6.4 ... 3 ... 450
8.3 ... 4 ... 600
10.2 ... 5 ... 750
12.0 ... 6 ... 900
13.8 ... 7 ... 1,050
15.6 ... 8 ... 1,200
17.2 ... 9 ... 1,350
18.9 ... 10 ... 1,500
20.4 ... 11 ... 1,650
22.1 ... 12 ... 1,800
23.6 ... 13 ... 1,950
25.2 ... 14 ... 2,100
26.7 ... 15 ... 2,250
28.2 ... 16 ... 2,400
29.5 ... 17 ... 2,550
30.9 ... 18 ... 2,700
32.3 ... 19 ... 2,850
33.7 ... 20 ... 3,000
35.0 ... 21 ... 3,150
36.3 ... 22 ... 3,300
37.5 ... 23 ... 3,450
38.8 ... 24 ... 3,600
40.2 ... 25 ... 3,750
41.3 ... 26 ... 3,900
42.6 ... 27 ... 4,050
43.8 ... 28 ... 4,200
45.1 ... 29 ... 4,350
46.2 ... 30 ... 4,500
 47.3 ... 31 ... 4,650
48.5 ... 32 ... 4,800
49.7 ... 33 ... 4,950
50.8 ... 34 ... 5,100
52.1 ... 35 ... 5,250
53.3 ... 36 ... 5,400
54.5 ... 37 ... 5,550
55.7 ... 38 ... 5,700
56.8 ... 39 ... 5,850
57.7 ... 40 ... 6,000

(3) The minimum contract load for goods lift shall be based on the following:

Description of goods lift Minimum contract load per square foot of inside
clear lift car platform area
(a) For general goods loading lift where
the load when distributed, the weight of Not less than fifty pounds.
any single piece of goods in the load or
of any single hand truck and its load
does not exceed one quarter of the
contract load of the lift and the load is
handled on and off the lift car platform
manually or by means of hand trucks.
(b) For motor vehicle loading where the Not less than thirty pounds.
lift is used solely to carry automobile
trucks or passenger automobiles up to
the contract load of the lift.
(c) For every other type of loading lift. To be determined by the Chief Inspector.

(4) (a) A capacity plate bearing the contract load of a lift shall be permanently and securely
fastened in a conspicuous position in a lift car.

(b) (i) In the case of passenger lifts the contract load shall be given in number of persons and
pounds in accordance with Table I shown in paragraph (2) of this regulation.

(ii) In the case of goods lift the contract load shall be given in pounds and also, for emergency
purposes, in number of persons calculated at one hundred and fifty pounds per person.

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